The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England. The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry. The first building was opposite the west side to the Royal Albert Hall but by 1887 the college was seeking to move to larger premises. The college's famous current building, of red brick dressed with buff-coloured Welden stone, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in Flemish Mannerist style and built in 1892-94, is situated on Prince Consort Road in the district of South Kensington. The building is regarded as Blomfield's masterpiece, and one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture in London. The College is located next to Imperial College, directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall, near the Royal College of Art and five minutes' walk from the Science, Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums. The dense presence of these cultural institutions has earned this Kensington neighbourhood the nickname of Albertopolis.